Canada’s Jean-Pascal Savard secured the largest poker tournament cash of his career on May 10 when he topped a field of 1,168 entries in the partypoker Million North America Main Event and got his hands on a massive CAD$956,000 prize.

While Andrej Desset was busy writing his name into the partypoker LIVE history books by winning his second Grand Prix title in the space of three weeks, Ireland’s Joseph Macari was navigating his way to his first major live poker tournament victory by triumphing in the Grand Prix Dublin Main Event.

Some poker players can go through their entire career without ever experiencing the joy of winning a tournament, especially a live poker tournament, but Andrej Desset has managed to win two major live partypoker events in the space of three weeks.

Dzmitry Urbanovich is one of the most-feared and respected tournament poker players of his generation and today, partypoker is delighted to announce the superstar is joining Team partypoker in the role of a sponsored professional.